Moving Target Indication for Transparent Urban Structures

Abstract

This technical report presents a time-domain moving-target indication (MTI) processing formulation for detecting slow-moving personnel behind walls. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the MTI processing formulation using data collected by the U.S. Army Research Laboratorys (ARL) ultra-wideband (UWB) synchronous impulse reconstruction (SIRE) radar. The resulting data set is representative of multiple operational scenarios including personnel walking inside wood and cinderblock structures; personnel walking in linear and nonlinear trajectories; and multiple personnel walking within the same building structure. The results indicate that our time-domain MTI processing formulation can identify moving targets even when they move slowly along trajectories that are not favorable for classical, Doppler-based MTI.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1090483

Entities

People

  • Anthony F. Martone
  • Kenneth Ranney
  • Roberto Innocenti

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Change Detection
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Data Set
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Data
  • Doppler Effect
  • False Alarms
  • Field Tests
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Military Research
  • Moving Targets
  • Radar
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Systems Engineering
  • Targets
  • Time Domain
  • Trajectories
  • Visual Inspection
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.